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Photos of the day Aug, 17

Participants hold a Chinese national flag and a Hong Kong flag as tens of thousands of people march on a down town street to oppose a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. The rally was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried banners or shouted slogans saying they were opposed to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement.

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Photos of the day Aug, 17

Participants hold a Chinese national flag and a Hong Kong flag as tens of thousands of people march on a down town street to oppose a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. The rally was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried banners or shouted slogans saying they were opposed to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement. Vincent Yu/AP

Participants hold Chinese a national flag and a Hong Kong flag as tens of thousands of people march on a downtown street to oppose a planned civil disobedience campaign by pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. The rally was organized by a pro-Beijing group. Many carried banners or shouted slogans saying they were opposed to the Occupy Central pro-democracy movement Vincent Yu/AP

Participants struggle to reach the prizes during a greased-pole climbing competition held as a part of the Independence Day celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Indonesia is celebrating its 69th independence from the Dutch colonial rule. Dita Alangkara/AP

A supporter of anti-government cleric Tahir-ul-Qadri, sleeps on the ground under a truck, during a protest, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Qadri led massive rallies Saturday in Pakistan?s capital, demanding Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif step down over alleged fraud in last year?s election in front of thousands of protesters. Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A law enforcement officer watches Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, as tear gas is fired to disperse a crowd protesting the shooting of teenager Michael Brown last Saturday in Ferguson, Mo. Brown's shooting in the middle of a street following a suspected robbery of a box of cigars from a nearby market has sparked a week of protests, riots and looting in the St. Louis suburb. Charlie Riedel/AP

Pope Francis, right, blesses a crying child who is not wanting to separate from his mother, near a Vatican gendarmerie, center, upon the Pope's arrival for the Closing Holy Mass of the 6th Asian Youth Day in Haemi Castle in Haemi, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Lee Jin-man/AP

A Vatican gendarmerie, center, is all smiles as he was refused by a crying toddler not wanting to separate from his mother before Pope Francis, right, blessing him upon the Pope's arrival for the Closing Holy Mass of the 6th Asian Youth Day at Haemi Castle in Haemi, south of Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. Lee Jin-man/AP